suffered to pass, as christian doctrines, the fearful result will be, that the enlightened men of our country will be infidels, and the ignorant superstitious." Virginia, Feb. 15, 1822.

F.

Rev. Mr. Eastin's Protest,*

We now proceed to show from the Scriptures, that our Lord Jesus Christ was derived from the Father, and subordinate to him.

John says, "As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself." John v. 26. Is not this passage sufficient alone to prove, that Jesus Christ is a being derived from the Father? For life, which is the great principle of existence and action, was given to him by the Father; and if given, is it not derived from him that gave it? Certainly it is. He, who has his being from another, cannot be equal to him from whom he receives it. Again, "Jesus said unto them, if God were your father, ye would love me, for I proceeded forth and came from God." John viii. 42. What can this mean, if not, that Christ was derived from the Father? These declarations of our Lord Jesus Christ so clearly prove his derivation, and consequent subordination, that their force can in no way be weakened without at the same time rendering his own words altogether unmeaning.

But we will add a few other texts, which enforce the same point. "I came down from heaven not to do

* We commenced this protest in our last number. We now add the remainder.

Verse 42.

mine own will, but the will of him, that sent me." John vi. 38. "He that sent me is true, and I speak to the world those things, which I have heard of him.” viii. 26 "I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things." Verse 28. "Neither came I of myself, but he sent me." "I have not spoken of myself, but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should say, and what I should speak." xii. 49. "The words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself; but the Father, that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." xiv. 10. "As the Father gave me commandment, even so I do v. 31. "All things are delivered unto me of my Father." Matth. xi. 27. Many other texts of a similar description might be quoted, but these are enough. If that being, who was sent, and taught, who could do nothing of himself, who acted from a command that was given to him, if that being was not inferiour to the supreme God, not in one particular only, but in all respects, it will be impossible to frame language so as to express an inferiority.*

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A great portion of the New Testament might be transcribed in proof of the subordination of the Lord Jesus Christ to his God and Father. He has openly, explicitly, and repeatedly avowed, that he was sent of God, that the works he wrought were in obedience to the Father, and by the power of the Father that dwelt in him. Is it not strange, that men, who profess to love him and to rely on him for salvation, should, notwithstanding what he has said proving his subordination to the Father, declare they will not trust him, for their Saviour, unless he be the Eternal God, and that they

*We have omitted for want of room a large number of passages, which were very appropriately cited by Mr. Eastin.

should proceed to exclude from their fellowship and privilege, all those, who will not agree to say as they say, in contradiction to their own consciences and the express declarations of the blessed Jesus?

We are really and truly willing to live in harmony, love, and fellowship with our christian brethren, as we have done heretofore, as brethren equal in the gospel; but we cannot suffer our understandings to be enslaved, nor allow any man, or body of men, to dictate to us what we must believe in order to be saved. We do hereby declare, before God and men, that we reject all such attempts as antichristian tyranny.

We herewith annex the outlines of what we conceive to be a scriptural belief on the subject above discussed, for the satisfaction of such, as may, amidst the popular clamour, be desirous of knowing the truth in regard to our faith.

We believe, that there is one self-existent God, and that he is one Being, supreme and eternal; that he is the source of all power, infinite, unchangeable, and the author of all other beings and things.

We believe Jesus of Nazareth to be the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the living God, who was promised to the fathers of old, of whom Moses and the prophets did write, and that God sent him into the world to save sinners.

We believe, that God gave him all power in heaven and in earth, that the Father loveth the Son and committeth all judgment to him, that by the power he received he wrought all his miracles on earth, that he died on the cross, and that by his death he made an ample atonement for the sins of his people.

We believe, that God raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand, far above all principalities

and powers, and as a prince and a Saviour he gives repentance and remission of sins.

We believe, that Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and men, and that there is no other name, under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

But we do not believe him to be that God with whom he mediates; for, with the apostle, we believe there is one God, and one mediator. Nor do we believe, that God is a mediator with himself; but that Jesus Christ is the only mediator with God in the behalf of man.

We are in peace with all men as far as we know; and may the God of peace and love rest and abide with you, and incline your hearts to do and act for his glory, through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Parable against Persecution.

THE following beautiful parable closes Jeremy Taylor's admirable work on the Liberty of Prophesying, and contains a moral, which many christians of the present day might apply to themselves, with no little profit to their charity and christian spirit. It was somewhat enlarged, and perhaps improved, by Dr. Franklin, in his very ingenious imitation of scripture language. It is presented below in both forms.

From Jeremy Taylor.

I end with a story, which I find in the Jews' books. When Abraham sat at his tent door, according to his custom, waiting to entertain strangers, he espied an old man, stooping and leaning on his staff, weary with age

and travel, coming towards him, who was an hundred years of age. He received him kindly, washed his feet, provided supper, caused him to sit down; but observing that the old man eat and prayed not, nor begged for a blessing on his meat, asked him, why he did not worship the God of heaven? The old man told him that he wor shipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other god; at which Abraham grew so zealously angry, that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night, and an unguarded condition.

When the old man was gone, God called to Abraham, and asked him where the stranger was? He replied, [ thrust him away, because he did not worship thee. God answered him, I have suffered him these hundred years, although he dishonoured me, and couldst not thou endure him one night, when he gave thee no trouble? Upon this, saith the story, Abraham fetched him back again, and gave him hospitable entertainment, and wise instruction. "Go thou and do likewise," and thy charity will be rewarded by the God of Abraham.

From Dr. Franklin.

1. And it came to pass, after these things, that Abraham sat in the door of his tent, about the going down of the sun.

2. And behold, a man bent with age, coming from the way of the wilderness, leaning on a staff.

3. And Abraham rose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night; and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.

4. And the man said, Nay, for I will abide under this

tree.

5. But Abraham pressed him greatly; so he turned,